License?

[siwinski]

What is the license for this library? composer.json lists "LGPL-3.0+" but the files list LGPL v2.1 (see below)

$ grep -r '@license' PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Tabs.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/TOC.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Font.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Image.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Paragraph.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Cell.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/ListItem.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Row.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Table.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Tab.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Text.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Object.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Footer/PreserveText.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Image.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Footer.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/ListItem.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Footnote.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/TextRun.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/PageBreak.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Header.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Settings.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/TextBreak.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Link.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Table/Cell.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Table/Row.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Table.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Title.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/IOFactory.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/TOC.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Template.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/PhpWord.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Autoloader.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/WriterPart.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Manifest.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Content.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Styles.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Mimetype.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Meta.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/IWriter.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/WriterPart.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/DocProps.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Footnotes.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/DocumentRels.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Document.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Footer.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/FootnotesRels.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Rels.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Styles.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Header.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Base.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/ContentTypes.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/HashTable.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Reader/IReader.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Reader/AbstractReader.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/DocumentProperties.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Footnote.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Media.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Settings.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/Font.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/Drawing.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/String.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/ZipStreamWrapper.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/Exception.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/InvalidImageException.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/InvalidObjectException.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/UnsupportedImageTypeException.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/InvalidStyleException.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL

NOTE: Information was taken from commit b937786cfd which was the latest commit at the time this issue was submitted.

[ivanlanin]

We follow other PHPOffice projects license, i.e. LGPL 2.1. I've fixed the composer.json.

[siwinski]

Did you mean to leave the "+" for "LGPL-2.1+"?

[ivanlanin]

Yes. The license said "... either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version." What do you think, @Progi1984 @gabrielbull @RomanSyroeshko?

[Progi1984]

Personnally, all the code I have done is open source (WTFPL ;) ) so if LGPL is good for that then Go :)

[siwinski]

FYI: The only reason I want to make certain about the license is because I am packaging this library for Fedora and EPEL -- and I will be packaging your other PHPOffice libraries as well :)

Guys, I suggest transferring all the PHPOffice projects onto LGPL v3. It has a number of improvements and bugfixes compared to v2. Please, take a look here.

[ivanlanin]

I agree.

[Progi1984]

I agree.

[ivanlanin]

I've updated the license in 35d06cc. I close this issue for now. Feel free to reopen if there are still unresolved matters about the license.